Nation - Softcover

Terry Pratchett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385613717 ISBN 13: 9780385613712

Publisher: Doubleday Children's Books, 2008

Synopsis

Alone on a desert island -- everything and everyone he knows and loves has been washed away in a storm -- Mau is the last surviving member of his nation. He's completely alone -- or so he thinks until he finds the ghost girl. She has no toes, wears strange lacy trousers like the grandfather bird, and gives him a stick that can make fire. Daphne, sole survivor of the wreck of the Sweet Judy, almost immediately regrets trying to shoot the native boy. Thank goodness the powder was wet and the gun only produced a spark. She's certain her father, distant cousin of the Royal family, will come and rescue her but it seems, for now, that all she has for company is the boy and the foul-mouthed ship's parrot, until other survivors arrive to take refuge on the island. Together, Mau and Daphne discover some remarkable things (including how to milk a pig, and why spitting in beer is a good thing), and start to forge a new nation. Encompassing themes of death and nationhood, Terry Pratchett's new novel is, as can be expected, extremely funny, witty and wise. Mau's ancestors have something to teach us all. Mau just wishes they would shut up about it and let him get on with saving everyone's lives From the Hardcover edition.

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Review:

"It's witty and wise, but it leaves its young readers enough room for a newly formed opinion or two as they think about its themes of love, loss, loyalty, courage, religion and nationhood."-- www.thebookbag.co.uk "An enchanting novel . . . Terry Pratchett is one of the most interesting and critically under-rated novelists we have."-- "The Times" "Pratchett is, like Mark Twain or Jonathan Swift, not just a great writer but also an original thinker."-- "Guardian" "From the Hardcover edition."

Book Description:

Washed up on the shores of a remote island, two kids from cultures half a world apart have to learn to get along and survive. Brilliantly funny novel from the master story-teller and creator of Discworld brought to life in audio by Tony Robinson.

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday Children's Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0385613717
• ISBN 13: 9780385613712
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304